1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Say it ain't so! Was thinking about replacing some of mine.

 

I couldn’t find it anywhere. Every dealers website I looked at had it listed as discontinued. eBay was no go also. I’ve got all the badges ordered individually now though. With the exception of the Toyota symbols. The 4wd emblem got swapped for a “pro style”4x4 . Couldn’t find a decent looking 4wd. All looked cheap. The iforce is gone. Can’t find it.

 

Saw a dually with 4x4 stickers on it and thought that doesn't make sense

 

Haha that’s pretty deep man

 

Crimpers for the pin terminals came in. 100% Japanese goodness

 

Nice. I have the interchange head ones from them.

 

I have 4 front diffs for these trucks now.. one is a 3.93 gear. It’s tempting to have it rebuilt and put a harrop elocker in it...

 

I looked at those. But these have the narrower jaws

 

Other brands yes, but the engineer interchangeable ones are thin as well. As little as 1mm thick on the smallest die set.

 

That looks like a new F-550 too. I think that was the first truck that was over 100k msrp. Nucking futz.

 

Its the Battle of the Best Crimpers War!

 

Looked fancy aside from the crooked 4x4 stickers. He should rip them off, false advertising.

 

I was just telling guy at work we need to get those auto strippers for all the actuators we do at our buildings- all the leads are super long and always have to be cut down and stripped. But I always feel like I’m pulling it out of wherever it’s attached too.
We have sooooooo many issues with actuators, and leaky valves from these two buildings that are “new age” and “world pease” friendly, yet soooooo many issues. I attribute it to the T stats that are to sensitive and open/close the valves 50x more often than other buildings where the kids just burry the dial and it never shuts off. It’s easy 20 to 1 ratio of parts changed

 

That's shitty, I like how unique the black pearl badges are. I haven't seen another Sequoia or Tundra with them, in person. Where did you order the black ones from?
EDIT: Never mind, I see Ebay.

 

Wired up and set the limits/torque settings on a 480V Auma actuator today, 30" pipe. First time working with an Auma, that was pretty cool.

 

you're awesome!
Ordered the fawn and one each of the dark gray and charcoal cause I can't find what the other interior color is that I have.
Like $1.20/piece but my OCD thanks you. Will be at my local dealer in 1-2 days. Man, I've been ordering a LOT of little parts from them lately cause there is no shipping charge.

 

Haha yeah we don’t work on anything that big, let alone 480.
What does that valve control?

 

@FrenchToasty I’ll look tomorrow for that Bleeder Valve info after my second cup.

 

No rush, whenever your done shooting the jergens catalogue

 

so let me get this straight. the 7.5 clamshell was offered in 3.91 AND 3.93?

 

Yup. Will that hurt anything running 3.91 in one and 3.93 in the other? No

 

Well this accident apparently was enough to total my brothers car...

 

RIP

 

Now to decide if fixing it is a good idea or not. Considering I can’t find anything good for the money they’re giving him.. I’m leaning on buy back and fix

 

The adjuster totaled that in his mind 1.2 seconds after seeing it before he even got his calculator out. Did you see the adjusters estimated repair cost?

If your brother plans on driving it into the ground, buying it back and repairing it is probably the best option $$$ wise...you know it's not structural, but the branded title kills resale...but if you don't plan to sell it...

OR take a cash payout and do a fly/buy/drive to FL (great time of the year to do it)....FL is chock full of one-owner dealer serviced Avalons...

For example...

https://sarasota.craigslist.org/ctd/d/sarasota-2011-toyota-avalon-limited/7271472213.html

 

He just graduated college and has 0 money. They’re only giving 4500 for the car. (Even though kbb is 4800-6200....)

 

Never accept insurances first offer unless It's on the high end...

 

Oh for sure. I don’t plan on it. The other party was on drugs and deemed at fault. I’m going to be bringing up all the receipts for the work done to this car in the past 10k miles and demand more $

 

Raw water aka river water at a hydro dam for our generator cooling water. Then it dumps back in the river after the heat exchangers.
Working with an Auma was interesting, they are worldwide with only a couple offices in the US.